Foot OL – The insider paid by OL comes out of silence – Olympique Lyonnais

The news at Olympique Lyonnais definitely never stops. David Barbet was accused of being employed by Jean-Michel Aulas to feed X (formerly Twitter) with opinions in line with the former Lyon president and his policies. He finally comes out of silence to speak out on this matter.

Unknown to the general public until a few days ago, except among OL supporters, David Barbet has often fueled the defense of Jean-Michel Aulas on social networks in the past. The Olympic-et-Lyonnais media recently confided that the host, a fan ofOL, had in reality been paid 12,000 euros for three months of work, in order to issue numerous positive opinions on Aulas and much less positive opinions on John Textor in particular. David Barbet has more than 9,000 subscribers on his X account and therefore has a significant influence. In a press release, the journalist spoke on the subject, evoking a mission employed by the Rhone management to improve cohesion between the club and the supporters, particularly in terms of content on the different platforms, but without ever mentioning the name of Jean-Michel Aulas.

Paid to defend Aulas, he admits (almost) everything

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— David Barbet (@davidbarbet) September 28, 2023

“I would like to point out that I do not have any press card because I am a working presenter. I was indeed mandated to lead a mission (with the support of the President’s switching director in collaboration with the marketing director) intended to improve OL media. I carried out monitoring on social networks to raise requests from supporters. Through this mission, my sole and unique desire was to enable the club to offer content more accessible to supporters via its OL media and to help renew the link between the club and its supporters.” confided David Barbet who confirms that he was employed by Lyon but without revealing the reasons for his numerous interventions around Jean-Michel Aulas, while the latter is now leading a legal battle with his former club. The Rhone supporters did not really understand OL’s strategy in this matter anyway, even if John Textor put an end to it very quickly after his arrival.